David Bailey UK, 1938
Dr Dre, 2001
Archival Inkjet on paper, unframed
Signed by the artist, on verso
Signed by the artist, on verso
Image: 101 x 148 cm
Sheet: 111 x 158 cm
Sheet: 111 x 158 cm
Edition of 3
© David Bailey
£ 40,000.00 + VAT
Bailey photographed Dr Dre in 2001, the year the producer’s landmark album of the same title had already redefined West Coast hip-hop, and the image belongs to a body of...
Bailey photographed Dr Dre in 2001, the year the producer’s landmark album of the same title had already redefined West Coast hip-hop, and the image belongs to a body of musician portraiture that Bailey has produced across six decades.
The photograph later appeared within the artist’s SUMO-format retrospective volume, where it was reproduced alongside his most celebrated sitters, situating Dre within the established pantheon of hip-hop. Bailey has described his approach to photography as one that “discards the formal structures of the medium,” privileging directness and psychological candour over studio artifice.
The photograph later appeared within the artist’s SUMO-format retrospective volume, where it was reproduced alongside his most celebrated sitters, situating Dre within the established pantheon of hip-hop. Bailey has described his approach to photography as one that “discards the formal structures of the medium,” privileging directness and psychological candour over studio artifice.